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NOW
AVAILABLE!
In an effort to expand our outreach to the
masses who are searching for and needing
Messianic instruction, we are now offering
online Bible studies, delivered by TNN
Online editor J.K. McKee. Every Wednesday a
new teaching which deals with pertinent
topics for today’s Messianic Believers will
be presented. For the most part, these
studies will be focusing on specific books
of the Bible, but may from time to time deal
with critical subjects as well.
Click
here to access audio teachings
Starting 17 March 2010:
Pastoral
Epistles Bible Study
Unlike some
of the other letters of the Pauline corpus,
there has been no significant demand for a
detailed, Messianic examination of the
Pastoral Epistles of 1&2 Timothy and Titus.
Many of today's Messianic teachers and
leaders think that they already know what
these letters mean, and so putting out the
effort of analyzing them beyond a cursory
reading or survey is thought to probably not
be needed. Sadly, today's broad Messianic
movement is largely unaware and uninformed
of a literal factory of academic proposals
and perspectives, from over the past fifty
years, regarding 1&2 Timothy and Titus. Much
of this scholarship has affected various
trends present in evangelical Christianity,
the clergy of the contemporary church, and
the debate over complimentarianism and
egalitarianism. It is time for our faith
community to join in to these discussions.
This
lengthy study of the Pastoral Epistles will
take into consideration much of what has
been offered by various scholars, not only
in terms of the ancient setting of 1&2
Timothy and Titus, but also with how these
epistles should be accurately applied in a
modern setting. It will be our intention, as
we probe these letters, to weigh our
Messianic strengths and weaknesses of them,
in an effort to be a faith community that is
no longer lacking an adequate understanding.
What are the things that we have actually
interpreted correctly from the Pastoral
Epistles, and what needs to be improved
upon? How might some Messianic congregations
and fellowships look if we took a good, hard
look at 1&2 Timothy and Titus, and made a
few required changes?
MARCH 2010
 Dear
Friends:
In just a few
weeks we will be commemorating Passover, which is not only one
of the most spiritually important times of year, but is also a
season when many evangelical Christians get exposed to their
Hebraic Roots. Over twenty years ago, my late father brought a
kind of Passover sedar to our Methodist church, loosely
based on the teachings of Zola Levitt. He was able to explain
the elements of the Last Supper in a way that many had not seen
before, and would close with a very special and meaningful
communion service.
Having been in
full time Messianic ministry for almost seven years, I know that
there are various controversies that arise during the Passover
season. (See my McHuey Blog post from 21 April, 2008, "Everyone
is wrong but me!") There are debates over
traditional forms of
commemoration, versus those who want little or nothing to do
with Jewish tradition. There is discussion about the different accounts
of the Last Supper in the Synoptic Gospels (Mark, Matthew, Luke)
versus what is seen in the Fourth Gospel (John). People cannot
agree over the actual length of time three days and three nights
is. And, if you can believe it, not all Messianics are agreed
as to whether Yeshua was crucified, or whether He was executed
another way. Some do not even know if the Last Supper was a real
Passover sedar.
I have always tried to live forth that Biblical axiom,
"everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to
anger" (James 1:19). When I see heated discussions on different
Internet forums or blogs, and people want to stir up things
about this time of year, I sit back and make observations. In the past several years, I have made
many observations during Passover. As one who does believe
that the Last Supper of Yeshua was a Passover sedar, and
knowing that there have been some rather hasty conclusions drawn
sometimes in our
Messianic faith community--I am fully aware of the trends
present in recent years. Some Messianic ministries have
shifted from believing in a Wednesday crucifixion and 72-hour
scenario for Yeshua's death and resurrection, to now advocating
a Good Friday crucifixion and Easter Sunday resurrection. This
has gotten some people upset. Having waited to address this
myself, I think that a third solution probably needs to be considered,
as I have seen some problems present with both the Wednesday and
Friday scenarios. In being slow to speak, I have deliberately
waited to now finally write about this important time of year.
This month's lead
article "The Last Sedar and Yeshua's Passover Chronology"
addresses many of the issues surrounding the Last Supper,
Yeshua's death and resurrection, and considers the three main
ways that this could have taken place. Frequently, those who
choose to discuss this issue will say that Believers need to be
focused on the bigger picture of what the Lord actually
did for us, in being humiliated, beaten, executed, and then
resurrected. I agree. But where many other articles only
give this lip service, this article actually addresses the
different spiritual components for these salvation historical
events. It challenges Messianics to really focus their time
considering what the Messiah has done, and evidence it in
congregational teaching and preaching and in acts of grace and
kindness to people. Each of us needs to spend many moments
during the week of Passover and Unleavened Bread--and indeed
throughout the year--meditating on what it took for Yeshua to
atone for human sin.
If you have not
already done so, please be sure to get your copy of the
new paperback edition of the
Messianic Spring Holiday Helper,
which is now three times the size of the previously offered version
at 352 pages! It includes not only a wide array of teachings that
will aid you during the forthcoming Passover season, but also an
educational Passover haggadah. Our special offer for this
month, for only $30, includes not only the new book but also
three copies of our Haggadah for Messianic Believers and
a leader's guide.
On March 17 we
will be starting our new Bible study through the Pastoral
Epistles (1&2 Timothy, Titus), and I can tell you that it is
going to be very significant! Having gotten a head start in my
notes for this study, it is amazing for me to see how much has
been conducted in modern Biblical Studies, and how little
discussion or knowledge of this there is among Messianics.
Unlike letters such as Romans, Galatians, or Ephesians--where we know that there
are various background and translation issues to be
considered--we are often not that aware of the same kinds of
issues in the letters to Timothy and Titus. This study will be
very useful, as we continue into this new decade and develop
more comprehensive views of the Scriptures.
Until next
month...
J.K.
McKee
Website Update Archives
(2005-present)
NEW/FEATURED FAQs FOR FEBRUARY 2010
MCHUEY BLOG, & YOUTUBE:
February 2010 Editor's
Update 02.23.2010
A Few Thoughts on the
End-Times 02.09.2010
NEW/FEATURED FAQs FOR JANUARY 2010
MCHUEY BLOG, & YOUTUBE:
Shaken Leadership
01.28.2010
January 2010 Editor's
Update 01.28.2010
Acts 15 Concluding
Thoughts 01.27.2010
A Place Where Everyone Can
Belong
01.18.2010
The Need for Mutual
Submission
01.07.2010
PREVIOUSLY FEATURED ARTICLES FOR 2010:
MARCH:
The Last Sedar and
Yeshua's Passover Chronology (PDF)
FEBRUARY:
Is Messiah the Termination
of the Torah? (PDF)
JANUARY:
Matthew 5:17-19: Has the
Law Been Fulfilled?
(PDF)
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